Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



s; E. REEVES. Spring-Bed Bottom.

No. 221,190.- [Patented Nov. 4, |879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE SAMUEL H. REEVES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,190, dated November 4, 1879; application iiled September 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. REEVES, of Brooklyn, in Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and desirable spriugbed-bottom which may be packed conveniently for transportation, and may be easily shifted while on a bedstead to facilitate the cleaning of the latter.

To this end the invention consists in la spring bed-bottom composed of two longitudinally-hinged sections consisting, severally, of a wooden-bottom frame-work of rectangular form, a series of springs connected thereto, and a top or resting surface composed of longitudinal wooden slats connected by steel cross-slats extending on or affixed to one side of the longitudinal slats, and hinges affixed to the other side of said longitudinal slats, whereby the desired end is attained. One of said sections comprises a spring arranged to overlap and support the other section.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan or top view ot' a spring bed-bottoni enibodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an invertedplan or under-side view thereof, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate two complete and independ- 'ent rectangular frames, composed of wooden slats, and constituting together the bottoni frame-work of my spring bed-bottom. B B

designate two series of springs, respectively, secured to the two frames A A, near the ends and middle, one, B2, being arranged so as to extend beyond the frame A', to which itis se cured, and over the other, A. (l C designate 'two series of wooden longitudinal slats, counected, respectively, by crossslats, of steel or other suitable material, D D', arranged upon one side of the said longitudinal slats, and by hinges a arranged upon the other side thereof, so as to forni together a top or resting surface, fastened to the springs, the whole constituting two sections, which may be extended for use, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, as also in dotvted outline in Fig. 3; or folded one on the other to facilitate packing or the cleaning of the' bedstead on which it is used, as illustrated in full outline in Fig. 3. The top ofthe spring B2, extending under the adjacent slat C of the top surface, serves to support the same, as well as the slat to which it is attached.

It will be observed that the ends of the cross-slats of the frames A A composing the bottoni' frame-work do not project beyond the side slats thereof, and hence that the bed-bottom is adapted to be used uponthe slats of an ordinary bedstead, the longitudinal slats bearing against the side boards ofthe hedstead E.

This spring bed-bottom is remarkably cheap, light, and simple, can be packed in a small place without trouble, and affords great convenience for ,cleaning a bedstead with which it may be used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A spring bed-bottom composed of two longitudinal sections, A B C D and A Bl G D', connected by hinges a, which are affixed to the opposite side of the longitudinal slats to which the steel cross-slats are affixed, and one section colnprising a spring, B2, arranged to lap over and support the other, substantially as specied.

SAMUEL II. REEVES.v

Witnesses:

EDWIN H. BROWN, Unas. RAUGE. 

